1929 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 663 immigration act of 1924 ; to the Committee on Immigration and RELIEF OF. STORM AND FLOOD STRICKEN AREAS Naturalization. 268. By Mr. LUCE: Petition of members of the Boston The j.oint resol~tion (H. J. Res. 59) to extend the provisions of Pubhc Resolutwn No. 92, Seventieth Congress, approved Feb­ Authors' Club, regarding classification of authors' manuscripts ruary 25, 1929, was read twice by its title. as first-class mail ; to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Mr. GEORGE. A similar joint resolution introduced by me Roads. on yesterday was referred to the Committee on Agriculture and 269. By Mr. O'CONNELL of New York: Petition of the Na­ Forestry, and that resolution is before the committee. The com­ tional Society, Daughters of 1812, favoring the continuance of mittee has not yet made its report. I ask that this resolution the bas!c provisions of the immigration act of 1924, including may lie on the table. the national-origins system, etc.; to the Committee on Immigra­ .The. PRESIDENT pro. tempore. The House joint resolution tion and Naturalization. Will be upon the table m accordance with the request of the 270. Also, petition of the National Society, Daughters of the Senator from Georgia. American Revolution, with reference to the restriction of immi­ gration; to the Committee on Immigration and Naturaliza­ PETITIONS tion. The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a reso­ 271. Also, petition of the National Society, Dames of the lution adopted by Local Union No. 151, International Brother­ Loyal Legion, favoring the continuance of the basic provisions hood of .Electrical Workers, of San Francisco, Calif., favoring of the immigration act of 1924, including the national-origins a reductiOn of 50 per cent in the Federal tax on earned incomes system, etc. ; to the Committee on Immigration and Naturaliza­ which was referred to the Committee on Finance. ' tion. Mr. NORRIS presented a concurrent resolution of the Legis­ 272. By Mr. SELVIG: Petition of A. S. Engebretson, Halstad, lature of the State of Nebraska, favoring the passage of the Minn. ; Carl Anderson, Dale, Minn. ; Henry M. Halvorson, so-called Robinson bill, granting increased pensions to Ci\Til Stephen, Minn. ; and M. A. Beckstrom, Warren, Minn., urging. War veterans and their widows, which was referred to the the repeal of the national-origins provision of the present immi­ Committee on Pensions. gration act; to the Committee on Immigration and Naturaliza- BILLS INTRODUCED tiM. 273. Also, petition of Carl Stomgren and Alvin Stomgren, of Bills were introduced, read the first time and by unanimous Bronson, Minn., urging the repeal of the national-oligins clause consent, the second time, and referred as f~llow~: of the present immigration act; to the Committee on Immigra­ By Mr. PITTMAN: tion and Naturalization. A bill ( S. 842) for the relief of Gilbert McNicoll · to the 274. Also, petition of Jalmer E. Pearson, of Kennedy, Minn., Committee on Claims. ' in favor of a large increase in tariff duties on competing farm By Mr. NYE: products; to the Committee on Ways and Means. A bill ( S. 843) for the relief of the Lehigh Briquetting Co. • 275. Also, petition of A. 0. and Carl Brink, Ray and John to the Committee on Claims. ' Halvorson, Art Potucek, Henry Sustad, and A. G. Sumner, all By Mr. HASTINGS : of Viking, Minn., in favor of a large increase in tariff duties A bill (S. 844) granting an increase of pension to Fannie C. on competing farm products; to the Committee on Ways and A vis ; to the Committee on Pensions. _ Means. By Mr. GILLETT: 276. Also, petition of H. G. Larson, resident of Viking, Minn., A bill (S. 845) granting a pension to Josephine E. Lang· to favoting a large increase in tariff duties on competing farm the Committee on Pensions. ' products; to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. VANDENBERG: . 277. Also, petition of A. Skoglund and four other residents of A bill ( S. 846) to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to Holt, Mlnn., urging the repeal of the national-origins clause of convey to the State of Michigan. for park purposes the Cheboy­ the present immigration act; to the Committee on Immigration gan Lighthouse Reservation, Mich. ; to the Committee on Com­ and Naturalization. merce. 278. Also, petition of Jacob A. Vatnenes, resident of Gully, By Mr. ROBINSON of Indiana: Minn., urging the repeal of the national-origins clause of the A bill ( S. 847) granting a pension to Josephine Walrod· present immigration act ; to the Committee on Immigration and A bill. ( S. 848) granting a pension. to Anna E. Bur""ess: Naturalization. A bill ( S. 849) granting a pension to Anna C. Stewart· a.'nd 279. Also, petition of Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Hole, Anne. and Hul­ A bill ( S. 850) granting an increase of pension to Lo~isa V. dah Oman, Mrs. M. M. Webster, Mrs. J. N. Oman, and Ole H. Moore ; to the Committee on Pensions. Person, all residents of Mcintosh, Minn., urging the repeal of · A b~ll (S. 851) for the relie~ of Homer C. Rayhill; and the national-origins clause of the present immigration act· to the A bill ( S. 852) for the relief of Thomas B. Wikoff· to the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. ' Committee on Military Affairs. ' 280. Also, petition of Pedor Olson, Harold Olson, Walter · A bill (S. 853) granting compensation to Lawrence F. Christopherson, C. J. Johp.son, and John Nord, all of Fosston, Morris; to the Committee on Finance. Minn., urging the repeal of the national-origins clause of the , A bill_ (S. 854) for the relief of Herman Gerlach· to the Com- present immigration act; to the Committee.on Immigration and mittee on Naval Affaits. · ' · Naturalization. , .- By Mr. SHORTRIDGE: . - . 281. Also, petition of Otto J. Fridlund, resident of Pelican A bill ( S. 855) for the relief of the estate of Gualupe Zazueta Rapids, Minn., urging the repeal of the national-origins clause of ~ea~; ' the present immigration act; to the Committee on Immigration A bill.. (S. 856) ~u~horiz!-ng the payment of a claim 'to Alex- and Naturalization. - - ander J. Thompson; ' 4 A bill (S~ 857) for the relief ·of Gilbert Peterson· .. • A bill (S. 858) for the relief of J. A. Perry· ' · SENATE A._ bill (S._ 859) to ex~end ~ - benefits of 'the United States e~ployees' compensation act of September 7, 1916, to Clara E. TUESDAY, April 30, 1~9 Nichols; (Legislative day of Monday, April 29, 1929) A bill (S. 860) for the relief of C. 0. Moore & Co. engineers· A bill ( S. ~61) for the relief of Ellen B. Monah~ ; · ' The Senate met at 12 o'clock meridian, on the expiration of A bill ( S. 862) for the relief of John H. Hughes; the recess. A bill ( S. 863) for the relief of Estella Howard ; · The PRESIDENT pro tempore (Mr. MosES). ·The Senate A b~ll ( S. 864) for the relief of Laurin Gosney ; will receive a message from the House of Representatives. A btU (S. 865) for the relief of W. P. Fuller & Co.; MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE A bill ( S. 866) for the relief of Timothy Fennessy ; A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Chaffee, A bill ( S. 867) for the relief of William Eckman; one of its clerks, announced that the House had agreed to the A bill ( S. 868) to extend the provisions of the United States concurrent resolution ( S. Con. Res. 5) to print and bind the employees' compensation act of September 7, 1916, to James E. proceedings in Congress, together with the proceedings at the Dethlefsen ; and unveiling in Statuary Hall, of the statue of Robert M. La Fol­ A bill ( S. 869) to reimburse the members of Company B lette, presented by the State of Wisconsin. California Engineers, in the aggregate amount personally ex: . ~he messa~e also announced that the House had prussed a pended by them for United States Army equipment· to the JOint. resolutw~ (H. J. Res. 59) to extend the provisions of Committee on Claims. ' Publtc ResolutiOn No. 92, Seventieth Congress, approved Feb­ By :Mr. WHEELER: ruary 25, 1929, in which- it requested the concurrence of the A bill (S. ·870) to provide for contests of certain oil and gas Senate. permits; to the Committee on Public Lands and Surveys. •6()4 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE APRIL 30 A hill (S. 871) authorizing the- ·construction of a dam to im- · By Mr. BLACK: pound water for the irrigation of public lands, for the regula­ A bill (S. 890) to provide for the suspension of immigration tion of the flow and control of the·fioods of the Flathead River, of aliens into the United States ; to the Committee on Immi­ Clark Fork, and the Columbia River, and for the improvement gmtion. of navigation thereon; to the Committee on Irrigation and PREFERENCE FOR DISABLED WAR VETERANS IN CENSUS BUREAU Reclamation. Mr. ASHURST submitted the following concurrent resolution A bill ( S. 872) to amend an act for the relief of certain tribes ( S. Con. Res. 9), which was referred to the Committee on of Indians in Montana, Idaho, and Washington; and Commerce: A bill ( S. 873) conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear, examine, adjudicate, and enter judgment in any Resolved by the Senate (t11e House of Representat·ives conourring), claims which the Flathead Tribe or Nation of Indians of Mon­ That it is the sense of Congress that in the selection of such persons as tana may have against the United States, and for other pur­ are to be employed without reference to civil service, in the preparation poses ; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.